KYIV — Belarusian police searched the offices and homes of journalists and human rights activists for the third successive day on Friday, extending what rights activists say is a new crackdown on opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko.
The Poland-based Nexta Live channel said the office of U.S. broadcaster Radio Liberty in the capital Minsk was among those raided. Belarusian human rights organization Viasna-96 reported that two Radio Liberty journalists had been detained.
Belarusian security officials were not immediately available for comment.
The authorities have shut down a number of non-state media outlets and human rights groups since protests began last August a…
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